Total Crime Rate

78.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pitfield Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 166th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pitfield Street (N1 6EN) in the last 12 months was 78.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% lower than the Hoxton East & Shoreditch average (288.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pitfield Street (N1 6EN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 314 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pitfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aske Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cherbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clunbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherbury Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bache'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bache'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cherbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherbury Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bache'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Drysdale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Mews —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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